Why unstructured interview have low predictive validities?The unstructured interview is the interview without any set format but in which the interviewer may have some key questions formulated in advance. Unstructured interviews allow questions based on the interviewee's responses and proceeds like a friendly, non-threatening conversation. However, because each interviewee is asked a different series of questions, this style lack the reliability and precision of a structured interview. Also called non-directive interview. (businessdictionary.com) Researchers have identified eight factors to answer this question. Poor intuitive ability

Interviewer often decide and judge from candidate’s reaction after they ask questions. But people are not good at using intuition to predict behavior (Aamodt, 2008). For example no one can predict couples that whether they will fail or not. It is not easy to assume an applicant after spending only 15 minutes how well she or he will get along with the varied members of an organization? (Aamodt, 2010). Lack of job relatedness

The most unstructured interview are common questions and not related to the particular job. Information that is used to select employee must be job related if it is to have any chance of predicting future employee performance (Aamodt, 2010). Primacy effects

Contrast effects or the first impression it can make interviewer decide a candidate within the first five minute in the interview . The interviewer might rate a applicant’s response after each question not waiting until the end of the interview to make a judgment (Aamodt, 2010). Contrast effects

One applicant may affect the interview score given to the next applicant if interviewers have no standard to rate applicants . Thus, the interviewer might rate the applicant’s response after each question not to wait until the end of the interview because score is different with early and after interview (Aamodt, 2010). Negative-Information Bias...

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place of employment with the local Association For Community Living. It was an
orientation meeting for a new client moving into a group home where I currently
work as a Direct Care Worker. Under the classification of interviews, my
analysis focuses on an Information Giving type of interview.
As outlined in class, information giving interviews are used to obtain
facts, opinions, feelings, attitudes, reasons for actions, trends or beliefs.
My specific interview was to inform, organize and assist the staff team, of
which I am a member, in supporting a new individual moving into the house.
Purpose Of The Interview
The purpose of this interview was to instruct the staff team on current
programs and supports surrounding this individual, as well as to train and coach
staff on handling techniques used through stressful periods. Lastly, this
interview was to clarify all procedures to be used with this individual.
Setting
The setting for our meeting, which is of importance, was a meeting room
at our local Head Office. The meeting took place at 1900 on January 9, 1996.
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...Why use Interviews?
* An important method of data collection – either used on their own or as a part of a multi-method approach to collect data
* Purpose – seek opinions, facts, clarification, document experiences, meanings, critical incidents
* Face-to-Face interviews, telephone interviews, focused group interviews
When use interview?
* When you want to understand the reasons of decisions your participants have taken, or to understand the reasons behind their attitudes
* When understanding the meaning of particular ‘words’ can add richness to your data. E.g. the phrase ‘he/she is cool’ can have different meanings
* When you wish to explore a topic and formulate research questions
* When the topic is very sensitive and you need to establish trust and rapport e.g. Fraud or Human Trafficking.
* When the topic is too complex and respondents may need some clarification to provide reliable and valid data.
Types of interviews
* Structured interviews- well defined set of questions (interview schedule) with pre-coded response categories, like a face-to-face ‘questionnaire, Can be used in Descriptive and Explanatory Research, Unlikely to be used in Exploratory research
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(20 marks)
Unstructuredinterviews are interviews, that can be a group or one to one interview, that has
no or very few predetermined questions. There are many advantages from both a practical
and ethical standpoint, however there are also concerns. This method is favored by
Interpretivists due to its production of qualitative data and subjectivity in addition to its ability
to enable verstehen. Feminists also prefer unstructuredinterviews as they allow a deeper
connection to the interviewee to be formed and can be conducted in a way that ensures the
participant is not oppressed, whilst exploring sensitive subjects.
Unstructuredinterviews are high in validity as the data created is qualitative, this means the
data can be deeply analysed and is true to life, this benefits sociologists as they are able to
draw up valid scientific conclusions and find out the root cause of certain sociological topics,
for example: the reasons behind the formation of an anti­school subculture. Additionally as
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Ans: Reliability
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Reliability of an instrument = More same results of an instrument trialed every time
Joppe (2000) defines reliability as:
“…The extent to which results are consistent over time and an accurate representation of the total population under study is referred to as reliability and if the results of a study can be reproduced under a similar methodology, then the research instrument is considered to be reliable.” Joppe, M. (2000). The Research Process. Retrieved February 25, 1998.
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Guidelines to Interviewing Skills.
In any interview situation, the interviewer is deftly attempting to find answers to three basic questions:
Can the person do the job?
Will the person do the job? And,
Will he or she get along with their staff?
Obviously there are numerous ways in which a prospective employer seeks answers to these three questions, plus others. Some interviewee tips that can help you provide the answers to them are:
1. Ask yourself how your uniqueness and skills can be applied toward the job you are seeking.
2. Be prepared to ask thought-provoking questions that will not only demonstrate your preparedness but also enable you to make an intelligent, informed decision as to whether you want to work for this organization.
3. Finally, always send thank-you letters.
With proper preparation, you can put your best foot forward when being interviewed for a job, while getting the feedback you need to make your own decision about that prospective employer.
The interviewer‘s aims
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The Career Interview must be uploaded to LiveText as a Microsoft Word Document or an Adobe PDF file.
You can access LiveText via Moodle.
Career Interview is worth a possible 100 points
Career Interview
Students should interview a person of their choice who has earned a college degree and is in a position in
which they hope to obtain after graduating from college. If you are having a difficult time finding someone
tointerview please contact me as soon as possible via email (with your intended
career and I will do my best to send you some contacts. Parents, siblings, spouses, grandparents, and other
students are not acceptable interviewees. Interviews cannot be completed via email. If your interview must be
conducted over the phone, you must have approval from your instructor prior to completing the interview.
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like. Please refrain from asking questions that are too personal; you should be asking questions to gain
information about your career.
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...INTERVIER BIASES &amp; HOW TO OVERCOME THEM
Submitted By
Advithi Dilip
II MBA (HR)
1220046
Introduction
Job interviews are critical to the quality of an organization's people. Good job interviews processes and methods increase the quality of people in an organization. Poor job interviews methods result in poor selection, which undermines organizational capabilities, wastes management time, and increases staff turnover.
Many interviewers and interviewees are keenly interested in 'tough' interview questions and certainly interviewees need to prepare answers for 'tough' questions. However, from the interviewer's perspective asking 'tough' questions is not usually helpful. Interviews should not place undue pressure on interviewees, because people tend to withdraw and become defensive under pressure. We learn more about people when they relax.
It's better therefore to focus on 'good' interview questions rather than 'tough' ones. Good interview questions encourage interviewees to think about themselves and to give the interviewer clear and revealing information as to the interviewee's needs, capabilities, experience, personality, and suitability for the job. The best interview questions are therefore the questions which most help interviewees to reveal their skills, knowledge, attitudes, and feelings to the interviewer.
Interview Biases
Biased...

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Europe's 733 million people make up 11% of the world's population.
Human population is the number of people living in a particular area. Government Accounts population of their country by means of a census. Later development of the population can be estimated by studying the current situation and population growth. The rapid population growth is typical for many countries in Africa, Asia, Central and South America. On the other hand, in Europe and North America, population density is low or even declining. Population structure (number of people of all age groups) between these two groups is also different. In Europe, there are fewer babies, but, given that the death of children and young people is small, all age groups are equally represented. Looking at the entire population, there are more older people meaning that the birth rate is very low.
I took Sweden as an example for a European country..
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